Earlier this month, I began walking from Ponferrada to Santiago with two friends. Although I had walked two previous Caminos, this was the first for both of my friends.
This Camino was full of the Unexpected. The first few days were easy...
Had scabies aquired by a student a few years ago. Me and a teacher were infected.
Was given Permethrin gel twice and a week off work.
The Permethrin is quite a killer. After the first application the itch was gone, the second application is just...
Why the negative comments or the disrespect??
I'm never said I ignored the possibility that I might have been in contact with someone with the condition before starting the Camino. On a previous comment I even noted that no one in my family...
It's great to hear that your informing yourself about scabies (one does not only acquire it by skin to skin contact). I, as well, knew little about it until I contracted it.
I also want to make other pilgrims aware that while walking the...
I contacted scabies on the Camino Frances! I live in a rural area with my sons' family of 6. None of them have any symptoms and they should have if I contracted scabies prior to walking the Frances.
Please don't question where I contracted...
Hi all,
I'm still in Spain and we are spending two days in A CORUNA, having taken an early morning train here after walking the Invierno from Ponferrada to Monforte de Lemos.
The weather here has been pretty good, especially from about 11:00am...
Lavacolla to Santiago de Compostela: 8.8 miles, 14.1 Km*
* longer than expected because of trying to find the Monte do Gozo statues in the fog.
Well, I did it! I walked EVERY SINGLE STEP from St Jean Pied-De-Port to Santiago de Compostela in 6...
Nope. No sense in it at all. How do you propose to get from Paris to Pamplona? Continue with your plan to make your way to St Jean. Walk via Valcarlos, save yourself from walking over that unnecessary hill. The weather will be what it is. It’ll...
This thread is digressing from what the Camino is about. But it should not be a surprise because the camino is no longer the privy of spiritual pilgrimage. Majority of the walkers are for recreation, tourism, and personal challenge.
One only...
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